Virtually every writer I know would rather be a musician.

He drove his mind into the abyss where poetry is written.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

I kill my loneliness by reading and (then) writing, damn.

Anyone who says writing is easy isn't doing it right.

... a writer concocts a different story for every reader.

You can't blame a writer for what the characters say.

I think all writing is a disease. You can't stop it.

Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head.

Poets, like fighters, both reap the benefits of roadwork.

Write what will stop your breath if you don’t write.

No, she wasn't losing language. She was choking on it.

If you don't think too good, don't think too much.

Personally I think that grammar is a way to attain beauty.

Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.